Name: Finger Lakes Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Slaughter Steers and heifers sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Supply moderate, demand good. Slaughter cows sold mostly steady. Supply moderate, demand moderate. Number 1 Holstein Feeder Bull Calves sold steady to 5.00 lower. Supply moderate, demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,846	84.03	1,551	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,533	59.61	914	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,312	54.69	717	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,156	39.79	460	8thin
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,412	95.78	1,352	9thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,293	93.35	1,207	2thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,293	105.78	1,368	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,281	100.56	1,288	4thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,425	105.45	1,503	30
Steers	Choice	Average	1,498	100.37	1,504	10

Feeder Dairy Calves

6 reported groups

Class	Grade	Avg wt	Price	Head
Bulls	Number 1	102	132.79/cwt	24
Bulls	Number 2	96	79.49/cwt	18
Bulls	Number 3	94	42.78/cwt	19
Bulls	Utility	90	17.04/cwt	9
Heifers	Number 1	107	155.07/cwt	6
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	87	25.66/cwt	3

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,779	78.87/cwt	78.00–79.50	1,403	2
Bulls	—	—	1,913	89.18/cwt	87.00–91.50	1,706	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	123	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	135	1
Bulls	Number 1	—	84	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	71	2
Bulls	Number 1	—	96	105.62/cwt	100.00–112.50	101	4
Bulls	Number 1	—	103	108.85/cwt	100.00–125.00	112	9
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,412	95.78/cwt	92.50–99.00	1,352	9
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,293	93.35/cwt	92.50–94.00	1,207	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	39.79/cwt	30.00–52.00	460	8
Heifers	Choice	—	1,281	100.56/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,288	4
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,293	105.78/cwt	104.00–108.00	1,368	18
Heifers	Utility/Non-Tubing	—	87	25.66/cwt	20.00–32.25	22	3
Steers	Choice	—	1,498	100.37/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,504	10
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,425	105.45/cwt	103.00–107.50	1,503	30
Bulls	Number 3	—	71	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	21	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,386	59.50/cwt	58.00–66.00	825	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,288	53.13/cwt	46.00–57.50	684	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,602	65.94/cwt	63.00–70.00	1,056	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	54.87/cwt	52.00–56.50	793	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	59.56/cwt	57.00–62.50	920	39
Bulls	Number 3	—	105	45.96/cwt	40.00–55.00	48	5
Bulls	Number 3	—	94	48.23/cwt	40.00–62.50	45	7
Bulls	Utility	—	75	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	9	1
Bulls	Utility	—	106	15.00/cwt	15.00–15.00	16	1
Bulls	Utility	—	84	15.14/cwt	10.00–20.00	13	3
Bulls	Utility	—	94	20.12/cwt	15.00–25.00	19	4
Bulls	Number 2	—	117	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	102	1
Bulls	Number 2	—	87	60.92/cwt	55.00–70.00	53	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	104	87.52/cwt	82.50–90.00	91	3
Bulls	Number 2	—	95	81.63/cwt	65.00–97.50	78	11
Bulls	Number 3	—	110	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	55	1
Bulls	Number 3	—	85	33.09/cwt	25.00–45.00	28	5
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	112	184.85/cwt	175.00–195.00	207	3
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	192.51/cwt	190.00–195.00	198	2
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	124	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	217	1
Bulls	Number 1Beef Cross	—	86	195.12/cwt	185.00–205.00	168	2
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	87	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	131	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	103	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	144	1
Heifers	Number 1Beef Cross	—	113	160.11/cwt	140.00–175.00	181	4

How this sale compares

New York weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New York auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

New York feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Canandaigua Stockyards Livestock Auction - Canandaigua, NY

Wed Sep 23, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Albany, NY (LS-KT)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 252Last week 232Year ago 316

Feeder Dairy CalvesReceipts 145Last week 119Year ago 123

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,779	78.00–79.50	78.87
2	—	1,913	87.00–91.50	89.18
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,412	92.50–99.00	95.78
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,293	92.50–94.00	93.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,156	30.00–52.00	39.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,386	58.00–66.00	59.50
34	—	1,288	46.00–57.50	53.13
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,602	63.00–70.00	65.94
13	—	1,446	52.00–56.50	54.87
39	—	1,545	57.00–62.50	59.56
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,281	98.00–102.00	100.56
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,293	104.00–108.00	105.78
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,498	98.00–103.00	100.37
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,425	103.00–107.50	105.45

Feeder Dairy Calves

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Number 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	123	110.00	110.00
2	—	84	85.00	85.00
4	—	96	100.00–112.50	105.62
9	—	103	100.00–125.00	108.85
Bulls — Number 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	71	30.00	30.00
5	—	105	40.00–55.00	45.96
7	—	94	40.00–62.50	48.23
1	—	110	50.00	50.00
5	—	85	25.00–45.00	33.09
Bulls — Utility$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	75	12.50	12.50
1	—	106	15.00	15.00
3	—	84	10.00–20.00	15.14
4	—	94	15.00–25.00	20.12
Bulls — Number 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	117	87.50	87.50
3	—	87	55.00–70.00	60.92
3	—	104	82.50–90.00	87.52
11	—	95	65.00–97.50	81.63
Bulls — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	112	175.00–195.00	184.85
2	—	103	190.00–195.00	192.51
1	—	124	175.00	175.00
2	—	86	185.00–205.00	195.12
Heifers — Utility/Non-Tubing$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	87	20.00–32.25	25.66
Heifers — Number 1 · Beef Cross$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	87	150.00	150.00
1	—	103	140.00	140.00
4	—	113	140.00–175.00	160.11

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Every lot, as filed

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